The head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has pinned blame on the near-collision at a Chicago airport earlier this week on the crew of the private jet that passed in front of a
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Safety board calls for helicopter ban on certain routes near DC airport: ‘Intolerable risk’
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Fatal crash near DCA exposes alarming risks of helicopter routes in commercial airspace
In wake of deadly D.C. helicopter crash, NTSB urges changes to address 'intolerable safety risk'
Current airport flight safety practices create an "intolerable safety risk" that could be eliminated by changing allowed separation distances between helicopters and airplanes, federal officials say.
In a TV interview, the chair of the NTSB, said that the near miss with a Southwest Airlines flight in Chicago was due to the Flexjet crew's failure to hold.
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued urgent safety recommendations to continue restricting helicopter travel near Reagan National Airport in its preliminary report on the Wichita-to-D.C.
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NTSB urges safety updates in response to D.C. midair collision which killed 6 Massachusetts residents
New details in D.C. midair collision, NTSB recommends new safety protocols
The National Transportation Safety Board issued urgent safety recommendations for routes at the Ronald Reagan National Airport after a deadly midair collision.
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New safety actions taken in wake of D.C. midair collision
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National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy says investigations are ongoing into the near-miss between a Southwest airliner and a Flexjet in Chicago.
Chicago, a golf course and emergency helicopter landing
While go-arounds can feel jarring to passengers, they are routine, happening more than three times per day on average last year across the United States, a CNN analyst said.
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